The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 19, 1956
Waxing Crescent
37.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.0%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 409
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.6° / 88.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 42m / 9.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.31° / 4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.59° / -5.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.06° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.